Friday, June 25, 2010

Thursday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2126
    Wins from Lincecum, Cueto
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 2124
    Gallardo has huge 31-point outing
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2043
    Need solid pitching this weekend to stop losing streak
4. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2002
    Strasburg loses ... he sucks!
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1965
   Wandy finally has a decent start
6. Misfits (Reid) 1956
   Wainwright surrenders long ball
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1954
    Reyes continues to have huge season
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1875
    Cain struggles with -5 outing
9. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 1851
   Pitching fades, so does push up standings
10. Triple-A's (Ken) 1845
    Huge 82-point day resurrects Triple-A's outlook

Head-to-head scores

Gladstone Goatwhisperers 114, VC Appraisers 100
Misfits 73, Pitch You Blockhead 67
Upton No Good 105, Chico's Chuggers 80
Pickle Bugs 97, Fresh Fish 80
Triple-A's 125, Arbitration Losers 73

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Week 12 roster moves

PLAYER ACQUISITIONS

R.A. Dickey, by Triple-A's (June #2)
OF Seth Smith, by Fresh Fish (June #1)

PLAYERS RELEASED

SP John Ely, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers
SP Jamie Moyer, by Triple-A's
C Ivan Rodriguez, by Chico's Chuggers
SP Zack Duke, by Triple-A's

WEEK 12 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

Upton No Good: No changes

Fresh Fish: Traded SP Cole Hamels; placed SS Jimmy Rollin on disabled list; activated SP Barry Zito

Pickle Bugs: No changes

VC Appraisers: No changes

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Traded SS Jimmy Rollins; benched SP Ian Kennedy; activated SP Cole Hamels

Arbitration Losers: No changes

Triple-A's: Moved SP Vicente Padilla from disabled list to bench; benched 3B Placido Polanco and SP Felipe Paulino; activated 3B Casey Blake and SP R.A. Dickey

Misfits: Benched SS Sterlin Castro; activated SS Alcides Escobar

Pitch You Blockhead: Benched OF Mike Stanton and SP Aaron Harang; activated OF Angel Pagan and SP Carlos Silva

Chico's Chuggers: No changes

Monday, June 21, 2010

Sunday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 2019
    Big Z's 22-point game puts UNG back into first
2. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2012
    GGs saddened by Furcal's bereavement leave
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1970
   10-point win for Garland, 10-point loss for Halladay and 10-point no decision for Wolf
4. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1922
    Fish are wheelin' and dealin' to boost middle infield numbers
5. Misfits (Reid) 1886
    Monster 15-point day Friday for Howard
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1868
   Nothing like an emergency start that garners -4 points
7. VC Apprasiers (Kevin-Dave) 1854
    Seven zeros posted from hitters on Sunday
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1802
     Chuggers can't seem to buy a win
9. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 1784
    Streak of four consecutive head-to-head wins halted
10. Triple-A's (Ken) 1720
   Woohoo! Three consecutive positive pitching performances!

Head-to-head finals

Upton No Good 200, Arbitration Losers 157
Misfits 222, VC Appraisers 161
Fresh Fish 158, Triple-A's 126
Pickle Bugs 137, Pitch You Blockhead! 123
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 162, Chico's Chuggers 120

Midweek replacements

Pickle Bugs activated SP Wandy Rodriguez as emergency pitcher for SP Chad Billingsley

Arbitration Losers placed SS Troy Tulowitzki on disabled list on Friday, moved 2B Juan Uribe to SS, activated 2B Freddy Sanchez

Gladstone Goatwhisperers benched SS Rafael Furcal on Sunday (missed 3 games), activated SS Cristian Guzman

Trade announcement

Fresh Fish traded SP Cole Hamels to Gladstone Goatwhisperers for SS Jimmy Rollins

Player acquisitions

OF Seth Smith, by Fresh Fish
SP R.A. Dickey, by Triple-A's

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Wednesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1919
    Lincecum, Kershaw post nice victories
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1894
    Is it me or is Loney starting to drive you nuts, too
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1873
    Another two-inning save for Wilson
4. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1826
   If only Garcia could get a little run support
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1814
    Oswalt posts another solide outing
6. Misfits (Reid) 1765
    Huff has big game
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1752
    Leake suffers first defeat of season
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1734
   Loads of zeros from position players
9. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 1709
   Another big outing from Hanson
10. Triple-A's (Ken) 1616
    It's official: Triple-A's fall beyond Bandito Line (300+ out of first)

Head-to-head scores

Upton No Good 75, Arbitration Losers 60
Misfits 101, VC Appraisers 59
Fresh Fish 62, Triple-A's 22
Pickle Bugs 83, Pitch You Blockhead 48
Goatwhisperers 69, Chico's Chuggers 52

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Week 11 roster moves

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

OF Mike Stanton, by Pitch You Blockhead! (June #1)
OF Andres Torres, by Arbitration Losers (June #2)
SP Felipe Paulino, by Triple-A's (June #1)
SP Carlos Zambrano, by Upton No Good (June #2)
SP Jonathan Niese, by Chico's Chuggers (June #2)
OF Aubrey Huff, by Misfits (June #2)

PLAYERS RELEASED

OF Lastings Milledge, Pitch You Blockhead!
OF Carlos Gomez, by Arbitration Losers
C Chris Snyder, by Arbitration Losers
SP Randy Wells, by Upton No Good
OF Nate Schierholtz, by Misfits

ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

Upton No Good: Benched OF Justin Upton and Jhoulys Chacin; activated OF Manny Ramirez and SP Carlos Zambrano

Pickle Bugs: Benched SP Wandy Rodriguez; activated SP Anibal Sanchez

Fresh Fish: Placed OF Nate McLouth on disabled list; benched SP Derek Lowe; activated SP Jaime Garcia

VC Appraisers: Placed OF Kyle Blanks on disabled list; benched SP Jeff Francis; actviated SP Mat Latos

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Benched 1B Lance Berkman; activated 1B Garrett Jones

Arbitration Losers: Benched 2B Freddy Sanchez; activated 2B Juan Uribe

Triple-A's: Placed 2B Luis Castillo on disabled list; benched SP Jamie Moyer; activated SP Felipe Paulino

Misfits: Benched OF Kosuke Fukudome; activated OF Aubrey Huff

Pitch You Blockhead: Benched OF Angel Pagan and SP Carlos Silva; activated OF Mike Stanton and SP Aaron Harang

Chico's Chuggers: Bench OF Michael Bourn and SP Mike Pelfrey; activated OF Jeff Francoeur and SP Jonathan Niese

Monday, June 14, 2010

Top scoring players

BATTERS

1. Ryan Braun (FF) 194
2. Martin Prado (PB) 184
3. Brandon Phillips (GG) 180
4. Albert Pujols (PB) 178
5. Shane Victorino (Mis) 176
6. James Loney (UNG) 175
7. Matt Kemp (TA) 173
8. Joey Votto (VCA) 172
9. Adam Dunn (AL) 168
9. Kelly Johnson (PYB) 168

PITCHERS

1. Ubaldo Jimenez (UNG) 240
2. Roy Halladay (TA) 214
3. Dan Haren (CC) 196
4. Adam Wainwright (Mis) 194
5. Tim Lincecum (GG) 186

RELIEVERS

1. Jonathan Broxton (PYB) 132
2. Brian Wilson (AL) 121
3. Heath Bell (PB) 119

Sunday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1850
    Quiet ending to a big week
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1819
    10-point days for Loney and Chris Young
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1813
    Hey, Losers get a play OFF the disabled list
4. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1764
    Two best moves: Drafting Strasburg and protecting Strasburg with 0-point week
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1731
   Lilly turning things around with near no-hitter
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1693
   A nice start from Francis
7. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1682
   A 200-point week ... and a loss
8. Misfits (Reid) 1664
   For second consecutive week, the ninth-best week produces a win
9. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 1661
    Fourth consecutive win for PYB!
10. Triple-A's (Ken) 1594
    Definition of a bad week: Morgan (0), Dotel (-1), Nolasco (-6), Moyer (-10)

Week 10 head-to-head finals

Upton No Good 190, Pickle Bugs 164
Fresh Fish 213, VC Appraisers 130
Goatwhisperers 218, Arbitration Losers 186
Misfits 149, Triple-A's 118
Pitch You Blockhead! 223, Chico's Chuggers 217

Player acquisitions

SP Jonathan Niese, by Chico's Chuggers (June #2)
SP Carlos Zambrano, by Upton No Good (June #2)
OF-1B Aubrey Huff, by Misfits (June #2)
OF Andres Torres, by Arbitration Losers (June #2)

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Best available players

1B - Adam LaRoche, Arz; Troy Glaus, Atl; Ike Davis, NY; Gaby Sanchez, Fla

2B - Blake DeWitt, LA; David Eckstein, SD; Skip Schumaker, StL; Adam Kennedy, Was

SS - Ronny Cedeno, Pit; Tommy Manzella, Hou

3B - Chipper Jones, Atl; Pedro Feliz, Hou; Andy LaRoche, Pit; Melvin Mora, Col

C - Ramon Hernandez, Cin; Nick Hundley, SD; Ronny Paulino, Fla; Humberto Quintero, Hou

OF - Cameron Maybin, Fla; Will Venable, SD; Scott Hairston, SD; Conor Jackson, Arz; Melky Cabrera, Atl; Pat Burrell, SF; Willie Harris, Was; Seth Smith, Col

SP - Rodrigo Lopez, Arz; Nate Robertson, Fla; R.A. Dickey, NY; Kyle Kendrick Phi; Joe Blanton, Phi; Paul Maholm, Pit; Felipe Paulino, Hou; Dave Bush, Mil; Chris Volstad, Fla; John Lannan, Was; Jason Hammel, Col

RP - Matt Lindstrom, Hou; Manny Corpas, Col; Matt Capps, Was; Trevor Hoffman, Mil; Chad Qualls, Arz; Brad Lidge, Phi

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Wednesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1722
    Good pitching helps GG's pad their lead
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1687
    Only good thing about 5 HRs Wolf gave up is that two of them were by Byrd
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1687
   A quiet Wednesday
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1636
    Nice 10-point day for Cabrera
5. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1623
    Still waitng for Molina to turn things around
6. Misfits (Reid) 1600
    McCann is starting to swing the bat
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1597
    Heavy rainout schedule hampers scoring
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1559
    So this Rolen guys isn't half bad
9. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 1538
    So this is what it looks like to be out of last place
10. Triple-A's (Ken) 1534
     Geovany Soto and a lot of rainouts

Head-to-head scoring

Pickle Bugs 69, Upton No Good 58
Fresh Fish 72, VC Appraisers 34
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 90, Arbitration Losers 60
Misfits 85, Triple-A's 58
Pitch You Blockhead! 100, Chico's Chuggers 94

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Tuesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1683
    Furcal paying off, and not making as many errors
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1674
    Good start but no win for Gallardo
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1664
    Uribe or Sanchez at 2B: Whoever sits, hits
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1614
    If not for Zimmy's 8 on Tuesday, would be getting nothing from infield
5. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1603
    Not a bad beginning for Strasburg
6. Misfits (Reid) 1594
    Kuroda gets into the positive points
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1589
    Week getting off to slow start
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1541
    Pitching leading Chuggers' resurgence
9. Triple-A's (Ken) 1528
    June swoon continues for TA's
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 1516
    With Doumit ailing, PYB needs more catching starts for Posey

Head-to-head scores

Pickle Bugs 47, Upton No Good 45
Fresh Fish 52, VC Appraisers 26
Goatwhisperers 51, Arbitration Losers 37
Misfits 79, Triple-A's 52
Pitch You Blockhead! 78, Chico's Chuggers 76